Unión Comercio Explained

Clubname:Unión Comercio
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Fullname:Club Deportivo Unión Comercio
Nickname:El Poderoso de San Martín
Ground:Estadio Carlos Vidaurre García
Capacity:18,000
Chairman:Freddy Chávez Ríos
Manager:Alejandro Russo
League:Liga 2
Season:2024
Position:Liga 1, 18th of 18 (relegated)
Website:https://www.unioncomercio.pe/
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Club Deportivo Unión Comercio, simply known as Unión Comercio, is a Peruvian professional football club based in the city of Nueva Cajamarca, San Martín, Peru.[1] The club plays in the Peruvian Segunda División, the second tier of Peruvian football, after being relegated in 2024. Despite being based in Nueva Cajamarca, Unión Comercio plays their home games at Estadio Carlos Vidaurre García in Tarapoto.

History

Unión Comercio was founded on June 15 1994 by merchants of the Central Market of Nueva Cajamarca, and participated in local tournaments in Tarapoto until 2010 where they played in the Copa Perú.

In 2003, the club were provincial champion of San Martín and qualified for the Departmental Stage of the Copa Perú, where it was eliminated in the semi-finals by Deportivo Pesquero de Moyobamba in a penalty shootout.

Unión Comercio were champions of the Liga Provincial de Rioja in 2009 and again in 2010. They were also 2010 Liga Departamental champions, where they defeated Atlético Belén and Liga Distrital de Nueva Cajamarca champions and were promoted to the Copa Peru.

In the 2010 Copa Perú, the club qualified to the National Stage when they defeated Cultural Volante, Juventud Santa Rosa and Carlos A. Mannucci in the Region II's group A. Unión Comercio was the 2010 Copa Perú Champion when they defeated Alianza Unicachi in the final.[2] As a result, the team was promoted to the Peruvian First Division for the first time in the club's history.[3]

In its first season in the First Division of Peru, Unión Comercio was placed in sixth place achieving qualification to the Copa Sudamericana for the first time

In 2014 the campaign improved by placing fourth in the tournament, which was its best participation in the first division, achieving another qualification to the Copa Sudamericana. In 2015, they finished eighth and were eliminated again in the first round against Águilas Doradas (2-0 in the first leg and a 1-1 draw in the second leg). In 2016, they finished 10th, in 2017 in 14th and in 2018 in 10th.

Since 2011, the club played in the Liga 1 until it was relegated to the Liga 2 after placing bottom in the 2024 season.

Stadium

Unión Comercio has multiple stadiums that they are available to play in. They currently play at Estadio Municipal Carlos Vidaurre García, located in Tarapoto with a capacity of 18,000. Unión Comercio's originally home stadium was Estadio IPD de Moyobamba which has a capacity of 8,000. They also may play at Estadio IPD de Nueva Cajamarca with a capacity of 12,000.

Honours

Senior titles

Typewidth=250pxCompetitionTitlesRunner-upWinning yearsRunner-up years
National
(League)
scope=colSegunda División12022
scope=colCopa Perú12010
Regional
(League)
scope=colRegión VIII12010
scope=colLiga Departamental de San Martín12010
scope=colLiga Provincial de Rioja212003, 20102009
scope=colLiga Distrital de Nueva Cajamarca1120092010

Under-20 team

Typewidth=250pxCompetitionTitlesRunner-upWinning yearsRunner-up years
National
(League)
scope=colTorneo de Promoción y Reserva12015
Half-year / Short
tournament

(League)
scope=colTorneo Apertura12015

Results

Performance in CONMEBOL competitions

A = appearances, P = matches played, W = won, D = drawn, L = lost, GF = goals for, GA = goals against.

Managers

See also

References

  1. Web site: 25 June 2020. Alonso Huanilo Ramírez. 2020. El que llegó más lejos: Unión Comercio de Nueva Cajamarca. 27 June 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200627205348/https://peruanosdelexterior.wordpress.com/2020/06/24/de-la-selva-su-futbol-el-que-llego-mas-lejos-union-comercio/. live.
  2. Web site: Copa Perú 2010 . 24 February 2023 . 10 February 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230210221027/https://www.rsssf.org/tablesp/peru2010.html#copa . live .
  3. Web site: Unión Comercio se coronó campeón de la Copa Perú . 31 March 2017.

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